Active Duty Director Profile

Christina Bembenek Active Duty Director

Olmsted Scholar Class '09

  • Rank:

    Colonel
  • Branch:

    Army
  • Status:

    Active
  • City of Study:

    Rabat
  • University:

    Mohammed V University
  • Language School:

    DLI-Washington – International Center for Language Studies
  • Language:

    Arabic
  • Assignments:
  • 2025 - Present:

    Director, VCSA Initiatives Group, Pentagon, Washington DC
  • 2022 - 2024:

    Commander, 66th Military Intelligence Brigade (Theater), Wiesbaden, Germany
  • 2020 - 2022:

    Army War College Fellow, Columbia University
  • 2018 - 2020:

    G2, 82nd Airborne Division, Ft Bragg, NC
  • 2017 - 2018:

    Commander’s Action Group, HQ Central Command, MacDill AFB, FL
  • 2016 - 2017:

    Branch Chief, Operational Assessments Group, J-2, HQ Central Command, MacDill AFB, FL
  • 2015 - 2016:

    Brigade S-3, 704th Military Intelligence Brigade, Ft Meade, MD
  • 2014 - 2015:

    Battalion S-3, 742nd Military Intelligence Battalion, Ft Meade, MD
  • 2012 - 2013:

    Student, Command and General Staff College, Ft Leavenworth, KS
  • 2009 - 2012:

    Olmsted Scholar Program – Rabat, Morocco
  • 2008 - 2009:

    Company Commander, Alpha Company, 319th Military Intelligence Battalion, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, Ft Bragg, NC
  • 2007 - 2008:

    Assistant Brigade S3, Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, Ft Bragg, NC
  • 2004 - 2006:

    Assistant Brigade S2, Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 2 BCT, 101st Airborne Division (AASLT), Ft Campbell, KY
  • 2003 - 2004:

    Student-Military Intelligence Captain’s Career Course, USAIC & Ft Huachuca, Ft Huachuca, AZ
  • 2003 - 2003:

    Battalion S2, Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 1-1 Aviation Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, Katterbach, Germany
  • Education:
  • 2012:

    MA, Diplomacy, Norwich University
  • 2000:

    BS, International Politics, United States Military Academy
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Gordon (Skip) B. Davis Jr.
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Christina Bembenek
Active Duty Director | Colonel, U.S. Army

Olmsted Scholar Class '09
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